b. 1976 Austin Texas USA

Education

Rhode Island School of Design, MFA in Sculpture, Presidential Scholar, 2008-2010

Brown University, Harriet W. Sheridan Collegiate Teaching Program, 2010

Brown University, Independent Study with Gail Cohee, Gender and Sexuality Studies 2008

University of Texas at Austin, BFA in Studio Art, Cum Laude, 2004

Awards and Fellowships

Building Capacity Grant,City of Austin 2016, 2018

Dimension Gallery Fellowship 2016 and 2017

Thanatopolis Exhibition Prize and Honorarium in Visual Art/Land Art/Installation, I-Park, Connecticut, 2010

Edward James Residency Fellowship, West Dean College of Sussex University, Chichester, England, 2010

Presidential Scholar, Rhode Island School of Design-2008, 2009, 2010

Vermont Studio Center Artist’s Residency Fellow-2006

City of Austin’s Cultural Arts Grant-2006 Austin Critic’s Table Nomination-Best Group Show-2005

Undergraduate Research Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin-2002

Selected Solo and Two person Exhibitions

2023

The Shape of Dusk, Solo Exhibition, Ivester Contemporary Gallery, Austin Texas

2021

Dormant, Terra Goolsby and Jim Edwards, Spring Break Art Show, New York, New York

2020

Transmissions, Tammie Rubin and Terra Goolsby, ICOSA Gallery, Austin Texas

2019

The New Flesh, ICOSA Gallery, Austin Texas

2018

Black Rainbow, Dimension Gallery, Austin Texas

2017

Under The Skin, ICOSA Gallery, Austin, Texas

2016

Lullabies and New Language, Solo Exhibition, Dimension Gallery, Austin, Texas

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023

Clay Matters, Women and Their Work, Austin Texas

2022

Uncovered and… then some, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston Texas

2018

The Femme Abstract, 503 5th street, Austin, Texas

Obscura, ICOSA Gallery, Austin Texas SOFA, Chicago, Illinois

The Natural 20, Tiger Strikes Astroid, Los Angeles, California

2016

ICOSA Gallery, Group Exhibition, Austin, Texas

Fireseed Gallery, WEST Studio Tours, Austin, Texas

Teen Mentorship Exhibition, Contemporary Austin, Pump Project

Birth: Rebirth, Elemental Origins, Dimension Gallery, Austin, Texas

ICOSA Gallery for EAST Studio Tours, Austin, Texas

Dimension Gallery for EAST Studio Tours, Austin, Texas

2015

ICOSA Gallery for EAST Studio Tours, Austin, Texas

DUE EAST, EAST Studio Tours, Austin, Texas

2013

5x7, Arthouse, Austin, Texas

Texas Sculpture Group Pop-Up Show, San Antonio, Texas

2012

EAST Studio Tours at Artpost, Austin, Texas

5x7, Arthouse, Austin, Texas

2011

Mujeres, Loft Light Gallery, El Paso, Texas

5x7, Arthouse, Austin, Texas

2010

Thanatopolis, I-Park Artist's Enclave, East Haddam, Connecticut

Brand New Bag, Recess Gallery, New York, New York

Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

RISD Thesis Exhibition, Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island

2009

Art vs Artifact, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Art vs Artifact, Harvard Natural History Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

PYT Pretty Young Thing, Providence, Rhode Island

We Killed It, Mounted It, and Cut It's Flesh, Just That Your Face May Be Slightly More Kissable, Sol Kofler Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

2008

Open Studios, Studio 304, Austin, Texas

2007

Open Doors Collective’s Expansion, Dallas Contemporary Museum, Dallas, Texas

Art Matters, Art Alliance of Austin, Austin Texas

The Irresistible Appeal of Drawing, Studio 107, Austin, Texas

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